Who?
The Bike Cooperative was initiated with funding
from the Cabrillo College Student Senate. It is managed by volunteer
members of the Bike Club and two paid student staffers. Additionally, we
have benefitted from the assistance of the Bike Church on Pacific
Avenue in Santa Cruz. We hope in the near future to forge relationships
with local bike shops and other related businesses and associations.

What?The Bike Cooperative provides benefits of bike
tool access, mechanical training, work space and discounted parts to
members. We do accept donations of parts and tools. We offer bikes for
sale that have been donated or assembled from spare parts. We highly
encourage students to become members because it supports our financial
independence and self-sufficiency, and it’s a good cause! Membership is
$20 per half-year (Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer). Nobody will be turned
away for lack of funds.

Where? We are located at the Aptos Campus of the Cabrillo
College District at 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos CA 95003. The new home of
the Bike Coop is below the cafeteria in building 900, on the left side
of the staircase.

When?We have been open since September 2008. Our hours,
subject to availability of volunteers, are 10am to 6pm, Monday through
Friday. Help us fulfill this commitment and keep our newly extended open
hours by joining the bike club and volunteering! Email us
if you want to volunteer, or just show up during open hours. All
volunteers must be oriented to the shop by a core member, advisor or
student assistant and attend meetings.
With more membership and volunteers we can expand our collective
knowledge and our ability to provide service, thereby becoming a pillar
in the college and the community.

Why?The mission of the Cabrillo College Bike Co-op is
to provide students and the surrounding community with the tools, space,
and education to use bicycles as a means of sustainable, low-cost
transportation. We promote safe bicycling, greater bicycle use, hands-on
learning opportunities, workshops and volunteer training. Our intent is
to create a hub for sustainability and petroleum-free transportation at
Cabrillo College.

How?The Bike Cooperative is run by student volunteers,
with the assistance of college faculty, staff and administrators, and
the organizational umbrella of the Cabrillo Bike Club under the Inter
Club Council. We also benefit from the support of local nonprofit
organizations like the Bike Church and Ecology Action, other campus
clubs, and businesses in the area that offer discounted or donated
parts, supplies and services. Without the goodwill of all of these
parties, this effort would not be possible. That’s why we call it a
cooperative. We are always open to more collaboration!